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Re: problem with cron and network shares
- To: "Cioffari, Joseph" <Joseph dot Cioffari at aig dot com>, "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: problem with cron and network shares
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:18:04 -0400
- References: <1A05332A91CFD411BC7F00902754B62201F753A5@xlivmbx10.aig.com >
At 12:08 PM 8/23/2001, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 12:00 PM 8/23/2001, Cioffari, Joseph wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am currently able to execute the following command at the command line in
> >cygwin with no problem:
> >
> >$cp /home/Administrator/test.doc J:/docs/sfrank (Copies the file from my
> >local cygwin home directory to a mapped network share)
> >
> >However, when I put this (or any cp/ftp/mv command that involves a network
> >share) in my crontab it spits back an error saying "Permission Denied" when
> >trying to copy the file over to the mapped network share. It seems that
> >cron will only copy files to my local machine directories but not network
> >shares.
> >
> >Just wondering why it works if I manually perform the operation but doesn't
> >work ("Permission Denied") when I run it through cron. I've also tried
> >removing the file first just to make sure it wasn't copying over itself.
> >
> >Any ideas?
>
>
>Does the user that cron run as have access to these shares?
^^^^
runs
>Possible (easy) solution: Use UNC paths instead.
>
>
>
>Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
>RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
>118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
>
>
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